Monday, May 31, 2010

François-Emile Barraud (1899-1934)

Amazing, but little known Swiss painter, François-Emile Barraud (1899-1934) worked in Paris in the 1920s, but died at age 35 of tuberculosis. He reminds me of Antonio Donghi and Moise Kisling and the reclining nude I just blogged by Miklós Bánovszky...naturalistic realism of the early 1930s.I discovered him here (see more images):ART INCONNUThe Art of Amy Crehore

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Found this post of interest; the paintings had me wondering of the real life of the model that posed on the davenport and if there was a reason for the broken stem of the white rose on the floor in the other painting...were the facial expressions the mood of the painter himself I wondered ?? Noticed these were created the last few years of this talented persons short life.

They are all quite melancholy paintings. The blog tells us that he was sick off and on for years and then died of turberculosis. The broken stem of white rose may be symbolic of a shortened life and marriage...maybe he knew he didn't have long. Perhaps painting was therapy for him and a way to live on. Yes, I think the expressions might definitely reflect his own mood.He was amazingly talented. Powerful work for someone so young.

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Amy Crehore has exhibited her fine art paintings in many cities across the USA; in Tokyo, Japan and Milan, Italy. She has also been a long-time illustrator for most of America's top magazines: Rolling Stone, Esquire, ESPN, Playboy, Forbes, GQ to name just a few. Her artwork has graced book covers and has been featured by boingboing.net, Juxtapoz.com, Inked Magazine, American Illustration and Communication Arts Magazine. She is the creator of Tickler Ukes and Monkey Love paintings (Blab!). Ten of her Little Pierrots won an Award in the American Illustration competition. Her portraits of Jewel and Alanis were chosen for Rolling Stone: The Illustrated Portraits (Chronicle Books).
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